Dear Reader,

If anyone would have told me a year ago when I had started my 6 months of travels, and I was in Spain, that a year later I would be moving in with my future partner and I’d move out of London - I would have not believed it!

Yet, here we are. It’s happening. I am sitting amongst boxes and organized chaos in my attic flat where I truly became the woman I am today.

They do say a life can change a lot in a year and that is true. Sometimes, we underestimate how much we can accomplish in a year’s time.

I’ve been manifesting this for awhile. I felt that my partner, my person, was getting closer a year ago.

And on June 30th, 2025, I first laid eyes on him in Clissold Park here in Stoke Newington, and I knew.

“It’s you.”

It’s like my soul returned home. It was a remembering. Like we knew each other, the familiarity was there like it was formed in a past life.

I always dreamed of finding that great love story you see in films, and I never let go of that dream.

And here I am. Living that dream about to move in to live that love story.

More on this on another letter, perhaps… I am still savouring and protective of this connection that is the most special one I have ever formed in my lifetime.

But now, let’s talk about my first great love, London.

Oh, London. This upcoming January it would have been seven years in this city.

When I was 16, I first laid my feet in this city and it felt like I was walking in the right person’s shoes.

It felt like home. I was where I belonged and it became a dream for me to create a life here one day.

And I did. I did do it. For seven years I’ve created a life here. I’ve created a community here. I’ve had my greatest moments of success. I’ve felt the most heartbreaking grief and learned some of my biggest lessons.

Most importantly, I became the woman I am today in this city.

I’ve always joked London is my longest term boyfriend.

Me, as a single woman, navigating this city and this journey called life.
London has always had my back. London has always held me through it all.

In this city, I always have known: “I am going to be okay.”

But now, I’ve found this incredible human as my boyfriend who has my back in a way I have never experienced in my life.

So, London, my darling London, you can step aside now. You’ve been so good to me. It is time for me to start a new chapter in a city called Milton Keynes.

I’m not going to be far, 35-50min train ride away, which means I can visit your glory as often as I like.

I don’t think I could have it any other way. Distance is needed now, for my mental health, as much as I love this city’s buzz and energy, I need more quiet and peaceful environment now.

I have never been more ready for this. There is lots of unknowns at the moment but this move has been a whole-embodied yes.

And when you follow your heart for those whole-embodied yeses, usually what happens the rest will start unfolding. That is how heart-led living works.

I cannot wait to share more.

I am still taking it slow, allowing myself to savour these changes wholeheartedly and then figure out my next steps when it comes to my career. Right now I am focusing on my personal life and my health and just sitting with this question:

“What do I want my life to look like now that I move to Milton Keynes?”

We have the freedom to create the life we want.
Remember that and the answers lie within your heart.

I can’t wait to share more with you as I embark on this new chapter in my life.

And London, and my lovely community here, don’t worry, I am going to be back frequently hosting my community events and more. You ain’t getting rid of me that easily!

This just means Connected You Community will expand now to another city - how fun is that to grow our tribe!

I feel good things are coming.

Heartfully yours and with lots of love,
Essi xx

PS: Final invitation for our Cyclical Gathering in Walthamstow tomorrow to celebrate Samhain! For tickets , click here.